Chauffeur&#39;s identification-tag holder



.E. A. VERA. CHAUFFEURS IDENTIFICATION' TAG HOLDER.

APPLICATION man Auge'. 1921.

Patented Sept. 12, 1922 Patented Sept. 12, v1922. i

UNIT-ED STATES PATENT EDWARD A. VERA,or unicaen, rIiIAJIivoIs,.e-

cniurrnuns 'IDENTIrrcATIoN-TAG Homann. j

Appuation 'medaugust s, .laars-@nai Nq'. 490,602.

vrChicago, in theicounty of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements -in Chauffeurs Identification-Tag Holders;y and I do'declare the following -to bea full, clear, andy exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertai-ns to make `and use the same. v

My invention relates to improvements in holders for identification cards such as those used by chauffeurs and hackers, the object being to provide a novel tamper-proof device whereby the machine driven and the driver may be relatively identified whenever it should be advisable.

In addition to providing a holder of such form as to prevent the identification Atag from being tampered withy or changed in any manner, it is an object of the invention to provide novel means for mounting the holder upon an automobile, preferably upon one of the front fenders, although this location is not absolutely essential.

Vith the foregoing in view, the invention:

y resides in the novel subject matter hereinafter described and claimed, the descriptive matter being supplemented by the accompanying drawings. e

Figure l is a perspective View showing the application ofmy invention to one of the front fenders of an automobile. j

Figure 2 is -an enlarged front elevation of the device partly in vertical section. e

Figures 3 and 4 are respectively vertical and horizontal sectional views as indicatedl by the lines 3-3 and t--i respectively of Fio'. 2. l Figure 5 is a perspective View of the cushioning sleeve which prevents all shocks and.

jars from being transmitted to the tag holding frame.

In the drawings above briefly described,

the numerals l and la designate the twoy glass panels 3 and a are formed integrally' with said frame to cover the front and rear sides of the tag 2, the front panel 3'being provided with suitable protecting ribs, nipples :or the like lfw-,hich prevents. anyone .illegally pasting anotheridentifi-cation 'tag on-said-.pane-l.I After thegtag lhas been .in-

serted .betweenthe two panels 3.:and 3a, the

which cannot be openedbyyunauthorized identification card for another.. .f

l60. frame sections .l and l? are frozen.or otherf wise joinedto each otherin such .a manner ,z A.that theyproduce [an integral structure',-

. 'Integrally :joinedstouthe lower-end lof the frame 1--1a and formed of two sections car-` rying thesections 1--1a respectively, isa downwardly tapered plug 5 which is snugly received in a rubber sleeve 6, `the outer side of thls sleeve being preferably pro-vided with vertical corrugations'7. The sleeve 6 is rec eived'in a suitable socket 8 having connect1on with any desired part of the vehicle. I prefer however to provide the lowerI end of the socket with an voutstanding flange 9 whlch 1s 'riveted or otherwisel secured to one v fender of the machine, 'as shown in F'ig.- l..

The base of the socket member 8 is provided-v with `a recess l0 into vwhich the lower end ofv the plug 5 projects anda cotter pin or the like lilV passes through saidplug endv to secure. the entire cardy holding device in the.

socket, a spring washer 12' `beinginterposed between the pin and the top of the recess 10.1` By securing the device tothe machine. in the manner shown, the numerous shocksand jars incurred during ytravel of the machine, l

will rnot be linjuriously transmitted to thek glass frame andpanels and consequentlyv there is little danger of breakage Toaddi` tionally ward against breakage however, I

preferablyreinforce the frame yand plugwith a plurality `of wires 13 as shown in Figs. 2, 3 and 4. .j

' From the foregoing taken in 'connection with the accompanying drawing, it kwill be seen that I have yprovided al highly advantageous, tamper-proof identification" cardholder,'as well as a unique means for mount.- ing it upona vehicle.

to be understood that within the scopeof the Since excellent req sults are obtainable fromthe details disclosed, they lmayl well be followed, but it is ,j j

invention as claimed, numerous ;minor changes may be made. l-

I claim:l j .n j 'e f v i 1.' An `identifieation device comprising an identication card, a pair of flat glass,panels,

contacting with the front and yrear sides'of said card respectively, glass lframes integral y with and extending around said panels, said frames being integrally joined to each other, and a central attaching plug integral with the lower sides of said frames and extendingdownwardly therefrom rfor reception in a socket. l n y 2. An identilication device comprising an identification card, a pair of flat glass panels7 contacting with the front and rear sides of said cardrespectively, glass' frames integral with and extending around said panels, said frames being integrally joined to each other, an attaching plug integralwith and extend-- ing downward from the lower sides of said frames7 and re-inforcing wires having their ends embeddedin said attaching plug, the

intermediate portions of said Wires extend- A ing through and being embedded in the sides of said frames.

3. The combination with a glass identification device having an integral downwardly tapered plug, of an elastic sleeve snugly surrounding said plug and having vertical ribs closely spaced around its outer side, a tapered socket in which said sleeve and plug o are snugly received with said ribs in contact panel having integral means projecting' therefrom to prevent pasting of a fictitious card thereon Withinthe frame.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set kmy hand.

EDWARD A. VERAkv 

